Install Laravel on Ubutu 16.04

# How to install Laravel in Ubuntu 16.04

## basic stuff install (optional)

sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install zip
## LAMP

sudo apt-get install tasksel
sudo tasksel install lamp-server
## CURL

sudo apt-get install curl php-curl php-mcrypt php-mbstring php-gettext

## enable mods

sudo phpenmod mcrypt
sudo phpenmod mbstring
sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo systemctl restart apache2

## Composer

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

## install phpmyadmin

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin     
later accessible through localhost/phpmyadmin

## Creating Laravel Project

cd /var/www/html/
sudo composer create-project laravel/laravel work --prefer-dist
sudo chmod -R 777 work

## Creating Virtual Host work.com

sudo gedit/etc/apache2/sites-available/work.com.conf
and paste this inside that document

#/etc/apache2/sites-available/work.com.conf contains following lines
<VirtualHost *:80>
        ServerName work.com
        DocumentRoot /var/www/html/work/public

        <Directory /var/www/html/work/public>
            AllowOverride All
            Require all granted
        </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

## enable that site

sudo a2ensite work.com
service apache2 reload

## fix hosts file so you can access it through webbrowser

sudo gedit/etc/hosts

        #/etc/hosts contents following lines                                
        127.0.0.1       work.com
or use this command

sudo -- sh -c "echo '\n127.0.0.1 \twork.com'>> /etc/hosts"